Bottle-packing device.



N0. 766,139. PATENTED JULY 26, 1904. J. T. GRAW.

BOTTLE PACKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 9, 1903.

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J. T. GRAW.

BOTTLE PACKING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIGN FILED NOV. 9. 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE."

JOSEPH TAYLOR ORAIV, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOROBERT PITFIELD BROVVN AND EDIVARD LINGEY BAILEY, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-PACKING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 766,139, dated July26, 1904. Application filed November 9,1903. Serial No- 180,380. (Nomodel.)

1'0 (LZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Jos Ern TAYLOR ORAw, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Bottle-Packing Device, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a device for packing bottles, especially thecone bottles usually employed as receptacles for ink and mucilage.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a packing sheet, board, orpartition in which the bottles can be conveniently and expeditiouslyplaced in alternately-reversed order, portions of the bottles extendingabove and below the sheet or partition, so that the bottles will bearranged in rows, the bottom of one bottle being adjacent to andpractically flush with the stopper-ed mouth of the next bottle, and toso construct the packing sheet or partition that the bottles are notonly readily seated therein, butmay be quickly and conveniently removed,and also so that the bottles will be held firmly in place in the packingsheet or partition, it being possible to remove a loaded sheet orpartition from a packing-case, for example, without danger of any bottlecarried thereby leaving its position.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a means for packingbottles which will dispense with the use of sawdust, excelsior, or lightloose packing mediums ordinarily employed and which will insure thevarious tiers of bottles resting one upon the other in a packing-case orpackage without danger of any of the bottles being broken under theusual conditions of transportation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of an empty improved packing sheet or partition.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved packing sheet or partition andbottles placed in position thereon, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionthrough. a packing-case and loaded packing sheets or partitions inposition therein.

A represents a packingsheot or partition provided with groups ofapertures B. Each group preferably consists of four apertures, as isshown, arranged at equal distances apart, although any desired number ofapertures may be employed. Each of the apertures B of a group is adaptedto receive a bottle, and the said apertures of each group are connectedor intersected by a central aperture C, thus forming tongues 10 betweenthe bottle-receiving apertures B, enabling a bottle to be withdrawn froman aperture B without ditliculty and without lacerating the sheet,board, or partition A.

The packing sheet, board, or partition A is made of paper of suitablethickness, papiermach, metal, or other suitable material made as thin aspossible consistent with strength.

The groups of bottle-receiving apertures B may be given any desiredarrangement upon the sheet, board, or partition; but usually the saidgroups are arranged in rows, as illustrated.

The character of the bottles D adapted to be supported by the packingsheet, board, or partition is what is known as cone bottles,

commonly employed as receptacles for small quantities of ink ormucilage, and said bot tles are provided with an annular exterior rib11, located about midway between the bottom 12 of the bottle and theouter face of the cork or stopper 13.

In placing the bottles in the receiving-apertures B one is placed witheither the bottom or the top uppermost and the next one is reverselyplaced in the sheet, board, or partition, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3.\Vhen the bottom of a bottle is uppermost, the rib 11 is just below thepacking sheet, board, or partition; but when the mouth of the bottle isuppermost the rib 11 of the bottle is above and rests upon the packingsheet, board, or partition, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3.

When the bottles are thus placed, the bottom of one bottle is flush withthe 'top of the next bottle, and the bottles present an almost perfecthorizontal alinement both above and below the packing sheet, board, orpartition, and the sheet, board, or partion can be raised or lowered orcarried from one place to another without danger of any of the bottlesfalling from their seats; yet any bottle can be removed by beingwithdrawn from its seat in a direction opposite to the direction of itsneck, at which time the tongues 10 Will yield in direction of the draft,thereby releasing the ribs 11, and the walls of the receiving-apertureswill not be damaged. Furthermore, it is evident that by connecting thevarious receiving-opening B by the central opening or aperture C thetongues 10 thus formed are of a spring character, and when abottleprovided with the rib 11 aforesaid is placed in position in a receivingopening or aperture B the tongues will permit the ready passage of thebottle and will immediately and at proper time automatically springeither above or beloW the rib 11 of the bottle, according to theposition in which the bottle may be placed.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated various charged packing sheets, boards, orpartitions A as placed in a packing-box E and likewise the introductionof a spacing-board 14 between two opposing layers of bottles, whichspacing-board forms a cushion for the said layers of bottles, andlikewise auniform bearing for the opposing bottles in the layers.

It will be understood that the box E is preferably made of suchdimensions as to neatly accommodate a given number of layers of bottles,the uppermost portions of the bottles of the upper layer bearing againstthe cover 15 of the box and the undermost portions of the lower layersbearing against the bottom 16 of the box; but, if desired,spacing-boards may be made to intervene the bottles and the cover andthe bottles and the bottom of the box.

It is evident that when bottles of the character described are packed inthe manner set forth the packing sheets, boards, or partitionseffectually hold the bottles in position in a box and that there isabsolutely no necessity of any such filling or protective material assawdust, cork, excelsior, or the like, as each bottle has its individualseat and is individually supported, and each bottle is so supported thatit cannot possibly engage with a neighboring bottle, as is fullyillustrated in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A bottlepacking device, consisting of a packingboard, sheet or partition having groups of apertures therein, eachadapted to receive and hold a bottle, and a central connecting-apertureintersecting the various apertures of a group at points in theircircumference, as described.

2. A packing board, sheet or partition for bottles, provided with groupsof circular bottle-reizeiving apertures of equal size, and a centralaperture in each group connecting or intersecting the bottle-receivingapertures, forming tongues between the said bottle-receiving apertures,the tongues forming a portion of the walls of said apertures, as setforth.

3. A packing board, sheet or partition for bottles, provided with agroup of bottle-receiving apertures spaced apart and each adapted toreceive a bottle, the said apertures being circular in shape and open atcorresponding points in their circumference, and springtongues whichseparate the said bottle-receiving apertures and form portions of thewalls thereof, which tongues are capable of movement in direction ofeither the top or the bottom of the said sheet, board or partition, asset forth.

4. A packing sheet, board or partition for bottles, provided withbottle-receiving apertures separated by spring tongues, said tonguesforming a portion of the walls of the said apertures, as described.

5. In a bottle packing device, packing boards, sheets or partitionsprovided With bottle-receiving apertures, spring-tongues separating thesaid apertures, bottles located in the said receiving apertures, placedalternately in reversed order, one sheet board or partition beinglocated above the other, and a spacing-board located between theopposing surfaces of the bottles, supported by the said sheets, boardsor partitions, as described.

1n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH TAYLOR CRAW.

l/Vitnesses:

J. FRED AoxER, JNo. M. BITTER.

